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infill

noun

‘The three-dimensional network of interconnected, perforated cells is filled with select infill materials such as topsoil, aggregates, concrete, or a combination of those materials.’

‘The Harris County Jail in downtown Houston is the country's largest facility of its type and features exterior walls of reinforced-block infill faced with traditional red brick.’

‘Gray describes his house as ‘a concrete skeleton with glass, stone, and glass-block infill.’’

‘With the exception of one possible geopetal structure, the infilling of xylem vessels appears monotextural along their length.’

‘The end walls of the nave make up a frame of concrete columns and beams with concrete block infill.’

‘An infill piece can be added on top of the wall to close off an area, creating a private office.’

‘Then working outwards from the centre, the remaining collapse and infill material would be removed and all voids re-filled with properly compacted chalk.’

‘The stripwork and the quoins are all rebated and stand proud of the stone infill to allow external plaster work to fill in between the strips.’

‘Most of the arthropods consist of an infill of sparry calcite with uniform luminescence.’

‘For instance, in the case of strengthening masonry infill with FRP bars, they may be easily anchored to columns and beams.’

‘At test opening number four, at the parapet level on the east wall, Mr. Roney observed brick and concrete block infill in the flange of the beam.’

‘The HPC tremie infill concrete was then used to fill the first 10 feet inside the precast segments, replacing the ballast of the water.’

‘It should be noted that natural strata vary from point to point and groundwater conditions are dependent on seasonal and other factors, while infill materials are subject to an even greater degree of diversity.’

‘Here, to free this wall of the defect meant considerable extra labour costs, extra materials and extra infill of a higher quality, which goes beyond the standard.’

1.1Buildings constructed to occupy the space between existing structures:

‘the town has a few old houses and plenty of recent infill’

[as modifier]‘infill development’

‘When conservation comes up against infill, infill wins every time.’

‘Menston villagers have previously called for residents to ask for protection orders on trees in their gardens, to help preserve the character of the village, and also as a bar on infill housing developments.’

‘Also, in some cases higher-density infill development has been opposed by local residents.’

‘Still others impose moratoriums on any new development until all established areas are infilled.’

‘Policy LP17 sets out 4 circumstances in which infilling or groups of dwelling will be refused planning permission.’

‘New development on the edge of an existing town is often preferable to infilling on many small - often sensitive - sites in the town itself, or creating new villages in open countryside, with the added problems of commuting.’